Registration is now open for the 2009 Oregon Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health (GOSH) Conference, to be held March 9-12 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, according to a news release from Oregon OSHA.
An article and accompanying editorial published in the February 2009 issue of Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine provide compelling evidence that the combination of air bags and seat belts offers the best protection against spine fractures sustained in motor vehicle crashes, according to a recent press release.
Feb. 1-7 is Burn Awareness Week, and during this week, Shriners Hospitals for Children will kick off a year-long campaign focused on preventing gasoline burn injuries, according to a recent press release.
In its latest issue, FORTUNE reveals its 12th annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, 73 of which are still hiring, according to a recent press release.
On the day President Obama was inaugurated, American Industrial Hygiene Association President Lindsay E. Booher, CIH, CSP sent the following letter of support to the new White House occupant:
Confirmed last week by the Senate, EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson officially took over the agency’s reins yesterday. In a memo to EPA employees issued last Friday, Jackson outlined her top priorities:
Citing a fatal explosion in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 2006, U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman John Bresland today issued a new video safety message urging the state to move forward promptly with recommendations to extend OSHA coverage to all its public workers.
U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigators will return today to the Silver Eagle refinery in Woods Cross, Utah, to continue looking for the causes of the January 12 fire that seriously burned four workers.
Two sources with numerous contacts in Washington OSHA circles told ISHN this week that the AFL-CIO’s long-time Director of Safety and Health, Margaret “Peg” Seminario, has the inside track on the OSHA chief job if she wants it.
OSHA has cited the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics for nine alleged serious safety violations and proposed $56,700 in fines against the laboratory as a result of an Aug. 6, 2008, accident that seriously injured an employee.
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